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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Honor and the Virtues of Autonomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bedouins believe would dry up a new mother's milk?
(a) Her eating the wrong food.
(b) Her being cursed.
(c) Her being exposed to gold coins on another woman's necklace.
(d) Her being exposed to an evil eye.

2. In the "Alexandria Quartet," what was a Bedouin youth carrying on his head?
(a) A clay pot.
(b) A bucket of water.
(c) A crate of wild birds.
(d) A wrapped bundle.

3. Who was the man who inherited wealth, but lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?
(a) Zariba.
(b) Babak.
(c) Madhav.
(d) Daivik.

4. How old was Nafla when her family tried to force her into a marriage?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14

5. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Ibrahim Pasha.
(b) Mohammad 'Ali.
(c) Ali Sadik Bey.
(d) Muhammad Abdel Halim.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?

2. After a feast for a neighbor who returned from a pilgrimage, what did Lila and some adolescent girls do?

3. In the section "Identification and Sharing," why did a woman threaten to leave her husband?

4. When Lila left, how many children did the Haj have?

5. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?

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